Visa Token, A Credit Card Obfuscation Service, May Come to Android in 2015

At least one feature of the iPhone 6 and 6 Plus isn’t nearly as novel as Apple would have you believe. The biggest selling point (pun intended) of Apple Pay, a part of which relies on NFC to handle transactions in brick-and-mortar stores, is ostensibly its security measures.

Token, the platform which Visa announced yesterday, does what the name implies; it generates tokens from Visa debit and credit cards. Like Apple Pay, tokens can be used in lieu of plastic for contact-less payment, but also online.

Of potential interest to Android users is Visa’s plans for Token. While Apple Pay will retain exclusivity through the end of this year, Visa intends to bring Token to other platforms.

Presumably, that includes Android and others. So, if you own a Visa card, and have been thus far too paranoid to start paying for things with virtual wallets, Token may be of some comfort when it arrives sometime in 2015.